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Baptist churches became popular among African Americans in the South in part because they offered more membership rights than other denominations. Until the nineteenth century, and unlike the more-elite Episcopal church, Baptist churches routinely offered free and enslaved blacks full membership, and sometimes roles like exhorter or deacon, in their congregations; they restricted leadership roles like elder and pastor to whites. Until 1831, blacks were also free to lead their own separate Baptist congregations, providing a level of autonomy for African American communities nonexistent in most other areas of southern society. After Nat Turner’s rebellion in 1831, white Virginians become fearful that violence would result from assembling black communities, so the General Assembly passed laws restricting enslaved and free blacks from worshipping without white supervision. ....
Banks resident honored by Wholistic Peace Institute January 27 2021 Jim Sitzman of Banks was honored with the institue s Heart of Gold Award Wednesday, Jan. 20. Jim Sitzman is a giver so much so that the 83-year-old Banks resident was awarded the Heart of Gold Award by the Wholistic Peace Institute, as part of a virtual ceremony Wednesday, Jan. 20. A Colorado native who s lived in Oregon for more than 70 years, Sitzman has been giving back by way of the church and public service his entire life. I guess I ve always thought it was important to see beyond yourself, Sitzman said. I think it s essential to generate within a community an awareness of others and of sharing. ....